Principal component analysis of fluoride geochemistry of groundwater in Shanxi and Inner Mongolia, China

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 135, Issue , 2013, Pages 124-129

  Hu, Shan ^a   Luo, Ting ^a   Jing, Chuanyong ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Fluoride; Geochemistry; Groundwater; PCA

Indexed keywords

DOMINATING FACTORS; FLUORIDE; GEOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; GEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; PCA; SHANXI AND INNER MONGOLIA; WATER ROCK INTERACTION PROCESS; WATER ROCK INTERACTIONS;

AQUIFERS; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROCHEMISTRY; MINERALS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WEATHERING;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

AQUIFER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; ELEMENT MOBILITY; FLUORIDE; GROUNDWATER; PARAMETERIZATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION; WELL WATER;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL; SHANXI;

EID: 84888429062     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2012.08.013     Document Type: Article

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